Becoming a ‘good coach’

Jacobs, Frank; Claringbould, Inge; Knoppers, Annelies

doi:10.1080/13573322.2014.927756

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“…Coaches revealed that they had developed their coaching practice and more specifically developed three main areas; their self-awareness, communication and pedagogical approach. These self-recognized areas of development are what have also been described as part of the role of a 'good coach' by Jacobs, Claringbould, and Knoppers (2014). By having a microphone attached and being asked to verbalize thoughts and reflections in action the coaches felt that they had an increased level of awareness.…”

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confidence: 95%

‘Think Aloud’: Toward a Framework To Facilitate Reflective Practice Amongst Rugby League Coaches

Whitehead

Cropley

Huntley

et al. 2016

International Sport Coaching Journal

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This study aimed to design, implement and evaluate a protocol encompassing Think Aloud (TA) as a technique to facilitate reflection-in-action and delayed reflection-on-action to aid coach learning. Six British, male rugby league coaches, who reported little previous exposure to reflective practice, consented to participate. Participants were: (a) instructed on how to engage in TA; (b) observed in practice using TA; (c) provided with individual support on delayed reflective practice on their first coaching session and use of TA; (d) observed in practice using TA a second time; and (e) engaged in a social validation interview regarding their experiences of TA. Analysis of in-action verbalizations revealed a shift from descriptive verbalizations to a deeper level of reflection. Both immediate and post eight week social validation interviews revealed that coaches developed an increased awareness, enhanced communication, and pedagogical development. The participants also recommended that TA can be a valuable tool for: (a) collecting in-event data during a coaching session; and (b) developing and evidencing reflection for coaches. Future recommendations were also provided by the participants and consequently, this study offers a unique technique to reflective practice that has the potential to meet the learning development needs of coaches.

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confidence: 95%

‘Think Aloud’: Toward a Framework To Facilitate Reflective Practice Amongst Rugby League Coaches

Whitehead

Cropley

Huntley

et al. 2016

International Sport Coaching Journal

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“…This knowledge, including regimes of truth about gender, can, therefore, become generative through athletes who later become coaches (Michel, 2011(Michel, , 2015Van Amsterdam, Claringbould, & Knoppers, 2017). Specifically, one of the most important sources of knowledge coaches draw on is their experience as a coach and as a former athlete (see Cushion, Armour, & Jones, 2003;Jacobs, Claringbould, & Knoppers, 2014). Thus, coaches may be constructing their habitus by reproducing the discourses about gender, and other social power relations, into which they were disciplined during their athletic careers and may be regarding them as regimes of truth.…”

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Mind the gap: the presence of capital and power in the female athlete–male -coach relationship within elite rowing

Haan

Norman

2019

Sports Coaching Review

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We draw on Bourdieu's concept of habitus, capital and field, and Foucault's understanding of power, to examine how gender as a relation of power is exercised in the female-athlete, male-coach relationship. We conducted in-depth semistructured interviews with nine international male coaches and female athletes. Our findings reveal a hierarchy within rowing and a perpetuation of the gendering of coaching creating a habitus which positions female athletes below male athletes. The positioning of female athletes effects how capital is defined, used and negotiated by the coaches and athletes. The implications of which need to be addressed by sporting federations in order to support and develop coaches as gender-responsive practitioners, thereby addressing the capital and power gap which is often present in elite sport.

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“…A number of studies have applied Foucauldian concepts to illuminate coach behaviour and how specific forms of coaching knowledge are acquired (e.g. Denison, 2007Denison, , 2010Denison, Mills & Konoval, 2017;Jacobs, Claringbould, & Knoppers, 2016;Piggott, 2012).…”

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“They have to toe the line”: a Foucauldian analysis of the socialisation of former elite athletes into academy coaching roles

Blackett

Evans

Piggott

2018

Sports Coaching Review

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The pathway between elite athlete and high-performance coach is common within English men's rugby union and association football. To help develop as coaches, many elite athletes gain coaching experiences within male high-performance youth academies. The purpose of this article sought to gain an insight into the socialisation processes of current and former elite athletes within association football and rugby union amongst the socio-cultural context of England, and to identify why Academy Directors seemingly preferred to recruit current and former elite athletes as academy coaches. Semi-structured interviews with 11 Academy Directors were conducted. Results showed that the Academy Directors preferred to recruit their respective club's current and former athletes as a means to govern their academy's 'club culture'. Foucault's concepts of docility and discipline conceptualise how current and former elite athletes were judged to be more trustworthy to reproduce the academy culture in their coaching practices compared to external candidates.

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Becoming a ‘good coach’

Cited by 25 publications

References 29 publications

‘Think Aloud’: Toward a Framework To Facilitate Reflective Practice Amongst Rugby League Coaches

‘Think Aloud’: Toward a Framework To Facilitate Reflective Practice Amongst Rugby League Coaches

Mind the gap: the presence of capital and power in the female athlete–male -coach relationship within elite rowing

“They have to toe the line”: a Foucauldian analysis of the socialisation of former elite athletes into academy coaching roles

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